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Louisiana Fisheries Summit focuses on seafood quality

March 14, 2014 Gulf of Mexico

More than 250 commercial fishermen, seafood dealers, processors and others gathered at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center to hear of the latest technologies and theories on sustaining Louisiana’s $2 billion seafood industry. Read more here dailycomet 08:19

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LSU AG Center will hold its annual Louisiana Fisheries Summit for commercial fishermen at Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center

March 11, 2014 Gulf of Mexico

March 12 – 13, 2013 – Topics will include fisheries and seafood industry status updates, marketing, refrigeration, shipping and boats and motors. The summit will also include demonstrations on innovative handling and processing equipment. There also will be a trade show. Registration can be made online at www.bayoulog.com. 14:29

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The second annual Louisiana Fisheries Summit wants to help fishermen

February 23, 2014 Gulf of Mexico

An upcoming summit in Houma will help area fishermen and seafood harvesters. The second annual Louisiana Fisheries Summit is scheduled for March 12 and 13 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Drive. Louisiana Fisheries 2014 is an educational and networking event for individuals involved in Louisiana’s commercial fishing and seafood industry. Registration is free. Read [email protected] 07:58

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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